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Family:
Peltigeraceae
[Chloropeltigera aphthosa (L.) Gyeln., more, Lichen aphthosus L., Peltidea aphthosa (L.) Ach., Peltidea aphthosa f. aphthosa (L.) Ach., Peltidea aphthosa f. crispa Vain., Peltidea aphthosa var. aphthosa (L.) Ach., Peltidea aphthosa var. verrucosa Ach.]
 Stephen Sharnoff |
Life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) thallus: foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like thallus: continuous, diffuse, effuse [th] upper surface: grey(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: present [th margin] cilia, cilioid structures: absent [th upper surface] isidia, isidioid structures: absent [th upper surface] soredia, soralia, soralioid structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (low) 20.0 (high) 40.0 (max) 50.0 [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, squamules): contiguous, coherent (throughout the thallus) [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: smooth, plane [th] lower surface: brown(ish) black | black(ish) brown [th lower surface] specific structures: absent | present [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: absent | present ascomata: absent | present ascoma: apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial ascoma: subpedicellate, substipitate, subpedunculate, substalked | pedicellate, stipitate, pedunculate, stalked [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: concave [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: red(dish) brown (if pale: orange brown) [ascm, if apoth] margin surface; [if perith] periostiolar area, ostiole, involucrellum: grey(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) asci: lecanoralean [asc] tholus: thickened [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): present [asc] tholus amyloidity pattern: with amyloid tube, ring (= Collema-, Micarea-, Porpidia-, Psora-types etc) [asp] septa: present [asp] septa: transversely septate [asp] transversal septa: (low) 4.0 (high) 8.0 [asp] pigmentation: hyaline, colourless | pale brown | medium brown, brownish secondary metabolites: present secondary metabolites: phlebic acid A (28-acetoxy-22-hydroxyhopane-23-oic acid) | phlebic acid B (22-hydroxyhopane-23-oic acid) | zeorin (hopane-6α,22-diol) primary photobiont: present secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): absent | present primary photobiont: chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid.
substrate: soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves | bryophytes – mosses, liverworts.
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